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On oublie le travail fondamental de la terre pour se concentrer sur des choses futiles comme la guerre
la crise des sciences européennes (auteur)
Lecture de la tragédie "l'orphelin de la Chine" de Voltaire dans le salon de Madame Geoffrin
Une difficulté de la psychanalyse (auteur)
Idée d'une histoire universelle au point de vue cosmopolitique (auteur)
Idée d'une histoire universelle au point de vue cosmopolitique (concept)
Which of the following lines reveals the Clerk's wealth status?
What does the Physician love most of all?
Which of the following quotes best illustrates that the Monk was living a life of self-gratification rather than a typical one of self-denial?
Why does the Narrator compare the Summoner to a bird?"And all you know right well that even a jay / Can call our "wat" as well as the pope."
What are some ways that the Monk does not meet expectations for what a monk should be like? Check all that apply.
What is one way that the Parson differs from some of the other characters?
How does the Friar act in order to make friends and get more money?
According to the narrator, what do people hope to receive at the end of their pilgrimage?
Which of the following words best describes the Prioress (the nun in charge at a nunnery)?
To where are the people in this poem on a pilgrimage?
According to the Narrator, what do people hope to receive at Canterbury?
What does the line "give easy penance / When knowing he should gain good pittance" (223-224) reveal about the Friar?
Overall, what does the Narrator's opinion of the Knight seem to be?
Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in which of the following languages?